A puppy sits in the middle of eight pictures on this 3-page kindergarten sheet about the needs of living things. Students circle what the puppy needs: a bowl of food, a bowl of water, a doghouse and a child petting it. They leave the crown, the bow tie, the tablet and the sports car. On Page 2 they draw lines to match a baby to a milk bottle, a plant to a watering can and sun, and a cat to cat food. An answer key lists both pages.
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“Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.”
Page 2 links a baby, a plant and a cat to milk, water and sun, and food.
“Tell what a pet needs from what it only might like to have.”
Page 1 sets food, water, a doghouse and care against a crown, a bow tie, a tablet and a sports car.
A puppy in the middle with eight pictures around it: food, water, a crown, a doghouse, a bow tie, love and care, a tablet and a sports car. Students circle the four that a puppy needs.
Three living things on the left, a baby, a plant and a cat, and three pictures on the right: water and sun, cat food and a milk bottle. Students draw a line from each living thing to what it needs.
The four circled needs and the do-not-circle list, then the three matches.
Pet talk first
Ask who has a pet at home and what it needs each day. Students who know the answers help others circle the doghouse and care.
Crown and bow tie
Ask why the crown and the bow tie are not circled. A puppy would be fine without them, which is the whole difference between a need and a want.
Link to science
Use Page 2 in a science block on living things. Students add a seed or a class pet and say what each one needs.
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